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74th Year No. 24 Good Morning! It's Sunday. October 11. 1981 5 Sections 54 Pages 50 Cents
Soldiers bearing medals escort the gun carriage of slam
President Anwar Sadat during Saturday's funeral proc- -
CAIRO, Egypt ( UPI) Exceptionally
tight security measures barred " ordinary"
Egyptians from attendmg President Anwar
Sadat's funeral, which took place Saturday
at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the
spot where he was murdered.
A huge force of khaki- cla- d armed soldiers,
paratroopers and paramilitary police pro-tected
the official mourners the sort of se-curity
missing when Sadat was shot to death
by Moslem fanatics four days earlier
Only 800 foreign and Egyptian dignitaries
and about 500 press and television represen-tatives
were allowed through four check-points.
Lanes of troops and police blocked off
all roads nearly two miles ( 3 2 kilometers)
from the funeral site
Sadat was a man of the people, but not one
plain, ordinary Egyptian was there at the
end.
" There was no other way to do it," a gov-ernment
protocol official said " The security
people simply refused to take the risk with so
many important people ' '
UPlTofephoto
ession outside Cairo The procession filed through Nas-ser
City where Sadat was killed Tuesday
' Ordinary9 Egyptians miss funeral
There were few signs of open grief in the
streets of Cairo, -- hot, about 300 men and
youths garnered at the first checkpoint on
the main road leading to the funeral area in
the suburb
" Sadat will always remain our shining
light," they chanted while waving pictures of
Sadat at the passing official limousines and
press buses.
Official mourners followed the horse- draw- n
gun carnage with the flag- drape- d cof
fin in a procession leading 964 yards ( 867 me-ters)
up Cairo's military parade avenue to
the reviewing stand where Sadat was assas-sinated
last Tuesday
Paratroopers with AK- 4- 7 submachine guns
surrounded the mourners
U. S. Secret Service agents, however, took
care of the American delegation headed by
Secretary of State Alexander Haig and in-cluding
former Presidents Jimmy Carter,
Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon
Yfl Al wlf& " t" Voters mde conservation tax,
but tney also can take it away
By Judith Stout
Missourian staff writer
In 1976, Missouri voters narrowly
approved a one- eigh- th cent sales tax
that earmarked money to fund an
expanded conservation program
called " Design for Conservation."
Now a group of citizens is joining to-gether
to try to repeal that tax
Missounans Against the Conserva-tion
Tax is directed by Clifford Olsen
Jr., a 23- year-- old University political
science graduate who is the Moreau
Township Democratic Committee-man
in Cole County.
Olsen says there has been plenty
of statewide talk about repealing the
conservation tax, and he cites four
main reasons why he thinks it should
be done.
First, the Conservation Depart-ment
has bought 100,000 acres
( 40,000 hectares) of land since the
enactment of the tax m 1977, for
which it has paid up to $ 10,000 an
acre. Olsen says the land acquisition
program is increasing the cost of
land to farmers. Because the Conser-vation
Department pays a set tax
rate on the date of purchase, there is
a long- ter- m revenue loss to counties
with land owned by the department.
Second, a one- eigh- th cent sales tax
may not sound like much, but it adds
about $ 30 million a year to state cof-fers.
Third, taxpaying citizens have no
control over how the money is spent
Finally, the tax continues indefi-nitely.
The eight- memb- er committee that
makes up Missounans ACT is con-ducting
an initiative petition drive to
get repeal of the tax on the 1982 bal-lot
To do so, they must obtain more
than 67,000 registered voters' signa-tures
from at least seven of the
state's 10 congressional districts
The effort will cost about $ 250,000,
according to Victor Seifert, commit-tee
treasurer and longtime Jefferson
City businessman.
So far the only official endorse-ment
Missounans ACT has received
is from the Missoun Association of
Farmers Elected Committeemen.
Opposition has come from the De-partment
of Conservation and the
Conservation Federation.
According to Olsen, repeal of the
tax would not affect the quality of
Missoun's outdoor recreational
areas and would eliminate the Con-servation
Department's extravagant
spending. It would give the money
back to the state for higher priority
uses, such as schools and highways.
The four members of the Conser-vation
Commission now have sole
authonty over how the revenue is
used. The commission was created
in 193S by Missoun voters when they
passed a proposition to establish a
nonpoliticai, professional conserva-tion
agency.
It was the largest vote and biggest
majority on a constitutional amend- -
ment in the history of Missoun. The
question now is whether the commis-sion
is using the sales tax money in
the best interests of the people
According to Larry Gale, director
of the Department of Conservation,
the statement that the Conservation
Department outbids fanners for
land is simply not true.
" We have more land offered to us
than we have money to buy it," be
says.
Gale says that all land is bought
from willing sellers at its appraised
value and payments are made to
counties in lieu of taxes on pur-chased
land. About two- third- s of the
total purchased acreage is wooded
and directed toward public use for
hunting, hiking and nature study.
Some is purchased specifically for
protection of certain wildlife species
Only about 16 percent of the land
purchased since 1977 is classified as
tillable.
To answer enbes of department
spending, Gale points out that his de-partment
must go through the same
legislative appropriation process as
every other state agency. The de-partment's
records that outline ex-penditures
are open for public in-spection.
Funds are retained in the
state treasury, the department is au-dited
by the state auditor, and all
purchasing is done through the state
( See TAX, Page 12A)
Index
Background. 5C
Easiness 10- 12- C
Classified... '--
SC
OgmSosi .............. ............. 4C
wQps I"-- '
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Theater - 8-
- 9A
Weather 2A
When ffa'ps resume at the University each
fall, it's ftw for mest returning students to
brush 3- mont-b-
old cobwebs from their brains.
But in this week's Vibrations cover story,
you'll read about older students who've been
away from the classroom for at least a decade
and are adjusting to a whole new environment. Back to the books
lit itewii f day
2 pjel. Tour of the Museum ot Art and Archaeolo-gy,
Pickard Hall on the University campus Free
and open to the public
2-- 5 pja. Toots of the Histonc Maplewood Home,
Nifong Park off Old 63 S. Free and open to the pub- h- e
Call 449- 58- 76 for more information.
6 pjbu Belly Dance Extravaganza, featuring pro-fessional
dancers from three states. Downtown
University Center, 1111 E Broadway Charge is $ 4
at the door.
8 pja. Chamber Music Senes Beaux Arts Trio,
Jesse Auditonum on ths University campus 07
general admission, $ 5 students $ 5 " student rush"
tickets at the door. Tickets will be sold Monday at
Jesse box office, 10 ajbl-- 4 p. m.
8 pjo. Consortium Chamber Players with Sylvia
Stone, mezzo soprano, presents French music Ste-phens
College South Campus Auditorium. $ 3 unre-served
seats, available at the Stephens College box
office 10 ajn. to 3 pjn. Monday through Friday
i
Inscription on Sadat9s tomb
' ' In the name of God, the merciful and the compassionate,
" Thou shalt not count those who were killed for the sake of God as dead, for they are
alive with God,
" The faithful President Mohammed Anwar El- Sad- at,
" A hero of war and a hero of peace.
" He lived for peace and was martyred for principles,
" TheSthofZoAlHijja 1401 ( Moslem year), the 6th of October, 1381 "
A hero's funerals
Sadat laid to rest uy Barry James
UPI Senior Editor
CAIRO, Egypt ( UPI) Anwar Sadat, a
hero of peace, was laid to rest Saturday be-neath
a monument to war in the desert he
loved, a martyr to his people but a traitor to
fellow Arab regimes
Leaders of the. Western world, among
them three former American presidents and
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin,
came to mourn the man who four years ago
in Jerusalem spoke the three words mat
changed the course of history in the Middle
East- - " No more war "
But because of their presence, Anwar Sa-dat
also went to his grave beneath the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier without the ordinary
people of Egypt, barred by heavy secunty
From the Arab world, which once relied on
Egypt to spearhead its wars against Israel,
only four leaders came
Twisting a handkerchief to her mouth and
crying quietly, Sadat's widow Jinan watched
the coffin being lowered into a niche beside
the pyramid- shape- d tomb, now etched with
an inscnption the 62- year-- old leader once
said he wanted on his grave " He lived for
peace and was martyred for principles."
" Lord, bestow your forgiveness on him
and us, Lord, give him a dwelling in your
great paradise," a sheikh intoned as heavy
slabs of marble were slid into place, sealing
the grave that was barely 400 feet ( 121 me-ters)
from the spot where Sadat was shot
and killed Tuesday by four Moslem extrem-ists
An honor guard fired three rifle volleys
while a military band played a dirge.
Their hands stretched outwards, Mrs Sa-dat
and her three daughters whispered the
Exordium, a prayer from the Koran A blaz-ing
desert sun beat down on the solemn
throng of 800 relatives-- -- and dignitaries,
among them former Presidents Jimmy Car-ter,
Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon.
Several members of the UJS. delegation
wore bullet- proo- f vests. It was not disclosed
which ones
Surrounded by a protective wall of thou-sands
of troops, the simple ceremony was a
stark contrast to the funeral for Sadat's pre-decessor
Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1970, when
millions poured into the street, abandoning
themselves to hystencal gnef
At one point Saturday, troops fired into the
air and rolled in tanks to prevent a crowd of
about 2,000 Egyptians from trying to join the
procession through Nasser City, a Cairo sub-urb
where modern and ancient Egypt meet
m a line of high- ris- e apartments standing out
starkly against the desert
From somewhere m the distance, a wom-an's
mournful wail proclaimed, " He was the
father of us all"
The funeral began with a simple, private
Related stories. Page 3A
prayer service for the famih at a mosque
near the hospital where Sadat's body had
lain since the assassination
The coffin draped n the red, white and
black Egyptian Pag was then taken by heli-copter
to the parade ground where Sadat
met his death as he stood to salute four men
he thought were rushing forward to honor,
not kill him.
There, looking insignificant against a
backdrop of endless desert, some of the
Western world's mightiest men waited in sol-emnity
to follow the gun carnage that re-ceived
the coffin for the 900- yar- d ( 810- mete- r)
procession to the tomb
Twenty- nin- e rows of soldiers, 10 abreast,
preceded the carnage drawn by six black
horses Five more soldiers followed, bearing
velvet pillows with Sadat's glistening med-als
Surrounded by troops and their own body
guards, the dignitaries followed, their ex-pressions
grim, their faces sweating in 90- de- gr- ee
heat In deference to Islamic tradition,
Mrs Sadat did not join the procession but
waited to meet it at the grandstand where
her husband was shot while reviewing a mili-tary
parade
Supported by her daughters, she received
the condolences of presidents and prune
ministers and kings and princes, leaders
who regarded Anwar Sadat not merely as an
equal but an inspiration
Slowly then they paid their respects, en-tered
then-- limousines and drove away Be-gin,
prohibited from dnving because of the
stnetures of the Jewish Sabbath, walked
back to his hotel near the funeral ate, sur-rounded
by some of the most nervous body-guards
mthe world.
Fonner Presidents Carter and Ford flew
home soon afterward, while Nixon stayed to
rest before leaving for Saudi Arabia Secre-tary
of State Alexander Haig remained for
talks with Begin and Sadat's successor,
President- designat- e Hosm Mubarak
Mrs. Sadat led the immediate family
across the wide parade avenue to the Un-known
Soldier's tomb, a modernistic pyr-amid
consisting of three pillars of concrete
meeting in a point 66 feet ( 19 8 meters)
above the ground
Walking erect with a pnde not unlike her
husband's, sne stretched out her hand to pat
her three sobbing daughters on the cheek
But at the gravesite she joined hands with
them and wept Her son Gamal helped lower
the coffin into the earth. The lnscnbed mar-ble
slabs were hoisted over its face
A 21- gu- n salute followed by three nfle
shots, fired one after the other, sent Anwar
Sadat to his final resting place.
;
:
,
,
Aslicroft thinks Hancock lid
not as limiting as predicted
By Tom Cohen
State capital bureau
JEFFERSON CITY An opinion issued by Missou-- n
Attorney General John Ashcroft places the state's
tax lid more than $ 300 million higher than previously
expected.
The Hancock tax- hmitati- on amendment to the state
constitution, approved by Missoun voters last year.
pegs the growth of state tax collections to Missoun's
increase in total personal income.
The base year for the lid was fiscal 1981, which
ended June 30. Though state officials initially thought
the base included only taxes collected, Ashcroft's
opinion indicates the state's unspent budget surplus
should also be figured into the Hancock equation
That surplus was $ 428 million on July 1, 1930.
Without the surplus, the state's Division of Budget
and Planning had estimated tax collections this fiscal
year might approach the Hancock lid. Division Direc-tor
Alden Shields had indicated that tax refunds
might be necessary if collections surpassed the limit
Under Ashcroft's opinion, however, the lid will be
$ 311 million higher than projected tax collections,
Shields said
While removing the threat of tax refunds next year,
Ashcroft's opinion also removes one obstacle to Gen-eral
Assembly approval of a tax increase. Members
of legislative tax committees frequently have cited
the Hancock lid as an obstacle to a major tax in-crease.
But legislative leaders predict Ashcroft's opinion,
which would allow a $ 300 million tax increase, will
have little effect on legislation
The chairmen of legislative interim tax committees
in the House and Senate have said their committees
are not considering tax increases
Senate Committee Chairman Hardin Cox, D- Ro- ck
Port, Mo , said legislators don't want to levy more
taxes during an election year, and Missounans don't
want a tax increase anyway
House Committee co- Chainn- an Marvin Proffer, D- Jacks- on,
Mo , said his committee is looking at the en-tire
tax system in Missoun, from the taxes them-selves
to collection efficiency by the state. Proffer's
group is more concerned with tax reform, he said,
than with tax increases
If no tax increase is approved, the tax lid would not
be triggered, and Ashcroft's opinion would have no
impact
Also, if the Legislature should raise taxes on the ba-sis
of Ashcroft's opinion, there would almost certainly
be litigation challenging his interpretation Mel Han-cock,
author of the tax amendment, testified before
the House tax committee that he would sue anyone
who tned to circumvent or ignore the amendment
Since such a suit could not be filed until taxes were
collected, the state would run the risk of having to re-fund
millions of dollars if Ashcroft's interpretation 8
failed to stand up in court 8
Proffer noted that the opinion was the first attempt I
by anyone to officially define state revenue under the
Hancock amendment
" The definition needed to be clarified," Proffer
said, " and it was unclear who would come up with
state revenue figures "
Ray Schneider of the state Senate Research Staff
agreed that Ashcroft's ruling will help clarify the
Hancock limit 8
" This will help us in clarifying it," Schneider said I

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I Oklahoma State 20 Texas 34 Missouri 58 Arizona 13 Wisconsin 24
j Kansas 7 Oklahoma 14 Kansas State 13 USC 10 Ohio State 21
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74th Year No. 24 Good Morning! It's Sunday. October 11. 1981 5 Sections 54 Pages 50 Cents
Soldiers bearing medals escort the gun carriage of slam
President Anwar Sadat during Saturday's funeral proc- -
CAIRO, Egypt ( UPI) Exceptionally
tight security measures barred " ordinary"
Egyptians from attendmg President Anwar
Sadat's funeral, which took place Saturday
at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the
spot where he was murdered.
A huge force of khaki- cla- d armed soldiers,
paratroopers and paramilitary police pro-tected
the official mourners the sort of se-curity
missing when Sadat was shot to death
by Moslem fanatics four days earlier
Only 800 foreign and Egyptian dignitaries
and about 500 press and television represen-tatives
were allowed through four check-points.
Lanes of troops and police blocked off
all roads nearly two miles ( 3 2 kilometers)
from the funeral site
Sadat was a man of the people, but not one
plain, ordinary Egyptian was there at the
end.
" There was no other way to do it," a gov-ernment
protocol official said " The security
people simply refused to take the risk with so
many important people ' '
UPlTofephoto
ession outside Cairo The procession filed through Nas-ser
City where Sadat was killed Tuesday
' Ordinary9 Egyptians miss funeral
There were few signs of open grief in the
streets of Cairo, -- hot, about 300 men and
youths garnered at the first checkpoint on
the main road leading to the funeral area in
the suburb
" Sadat will always remain our shining
light," they chanted while waving pictures of
Sadat at the passing official limousines and
press buses.
Official mourners followed the horse- draw- n
gun carnage with the flag- drape- d cof
fin in a procession leading 964 yards ( 867 me-ters)
up Cairo's military parade avenue to
the reviewing stand where Sadat was assas-sinated
last Tuesday
Paratroopers with AK- 4- 7 submachine guns
surrounded the mourners
U. S. Secret Service agents, however, took
care of the American delegation headed by
Secretary of State Alexander Haig and in-cluding
former Presidents Jimmy Carter,
Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon
Yfl Al wlf& " t" Voters mde conservation tax,
but tney also can take it away
By Judith Stout
Missourian staff writer
In 1976, Missouri voters narrowly
approved a one- eigh- th cent sales tax
that earmarked money to fund an
expanded conservation program
called " Design for Conservation."
Now a group of citizens is joining to-gether
to try to repeal that tax
Missounans Against the Conserva-tion
Tax is directed by Clifford Olsen
Jr., a 23- year-- old University political
science graduate who is the Moreau
Township Democratic Committee-man
in Cole County.
Olsen says there has been plenty
of statewide talk about repealing the
conservation tax, and he cites four
main reasons why he thinks it should
be done.
First, the Conservation Depart-ment
has bought 100,000 acres
( 40,000 hectares) of land since the
enactment of the tax m 1977, for
which it has paid up to $ 10,000 an
acre. Olsen says the land acquisition
program is increasing the cost of
land to farmers. Because the Conser-vation
Department pays a set tax
rate on the date of purchase, there is
a long- ter- m revenue loss to counties
with land owned by the department.
Second, a one- eigh- th cent sales tax
may not sound like much, but it adds
about $ 30 million a year to state cof-fers.
Third, taxpaying citizens have no
control over how the money is spent
Finally, the tax continues indefi-nitely.
The eight- memb- er committee that
makes up Missounans ACT is con-ducting
an initiative petition drive to
get repeal of the tax on the 1982 bal-lot
To do so, they must obtain more
than 67,000 registered voters' signa-tures
from at least seven of the
state's 10 congressional districts
The effort will cost about $ 250,000,
according to Victor Seifert, commit-tee
treasurer and longtime Jefferson
City businessman.
So far the only official endorse-ment
Missounans ACT has received
is from the Missoun Association of
Farmers Elected Committeemen.
Opposition has come from the De-partment
of Conservation and the
Conservation Federation.
According to Olsen, repeal of the
tax would not affect the quality of
Missoun's outdoor recreational
areas and would eliminate the Con-servation
Department's extravagant
spending. It would give the money
back to the state for higher priority
uses, such as schools and highways.
The four members of the Conser-vation
Commission now have sole
authonty over how the revenue is
used. The commission was created
in 193S by Missoun voters when they
passed a proposition to establish a
nonpoliticai, professional conserva-tion
agency.
It was the largest vote and biggest
majority on a constitutional amend- -
ment in the history of Missoun. The
question now is whether the commis-sion
is using the sales tax money in
the best interests of the people
According to Larry Gale, director
of the Department of Conservation,
the statement that the Conservation
Department outbids fanners for
land is simply not true.
" We have more land offered to us
than we have money to buy it," be
says.
Gale says that all land is bought
from willing sellers at its appraised
value and payments are made to
counties in lieu of taxes on pur-chased
land. About two- third- s of the
total purchased acreage is wooded
and directed toward public use for
hunting, hiking and nature study.
Some is purchased specifically for
protection of certain wildlife species
Only about 16 percent of the land
purchased since 1977 is classified as
tillable.
To answer enbes of department
spending, Gale points out that his de-partment
must go through the same
legislative appropriation process as
every other state agency. The de-partment's
records that outline ex-penditures
are open for public in-spection.
Funds are retained in the
state treasury, the department is au-dited
by the state auditor, and all
purchasing is done through the state
( See TAX, Page 12A)
Index
Background. 5C
Easiness 10- 12- C
Classified... '--
SC
OgmSosi .............. ............. 4C
wQps I"-- '
Sparta...................... ..... 1- 6- B
Theater - 8-
- 9A
Weather 2A
When ffa'ps resume at the University each
fall, it's ftw for mest returning students to
brush 3- mont-b-
old cobwebs from their brains.
But in this week's Vibrations cover story,
you'll read about older students who've been
away from the classroom for at least a decade
and are adjusting to a whole new environment. Back to the books
lit itewii f day
2 pjel. Tour of the Museum ot Art and Archaeolo-gy,
Pickard Hall on the University campus Free
and open to the public
2-- 5 pja. Toots of the Histonc Maplewood Home,
Nifong Park off Old 63 S. Free and open to the pub- h- e
Call 449- 58- 76 for more information.
6 pjbu Belly Dance Extravaganza, featuring pro-fessional
dancers from three states. Downtown
University Center, 1111 E Broadway Charge is $ 4
at the door.
8 pja. Chamber Music Senes Beaux Arts Trio,
Jesse Auditonum on ths University campus 07
general admission, $ 5 students $ 5 " student rush"
tickets at the door. Tickets will be sold Monday at
Jesse box office, 10 ajbl-- 4 p. m.
8 pjo. Consortium Chamber Players with Sylvia
Stone, mezzo soprano, presents French music Ste-phens
College South Campus Auditorium. $ 3 unre-served
seats, available at the Stephens College box
office 10 ajn. to 3 pjn. Monday through Friday
i
Inscription on Sadat9s tomb
' ' In the name of God, the merciful and the compassionate,
" Thou shalt not count those who were killed for the sake of God as dead, for they are
alive with God,
" The faithful President Mohammed Anwar El- Sad- at,
" A hero of war and a hero of peace.
" He lived for peace and was martyred for principles,
" TheSthofZoAlHijja 1401 ( Moslem year), the 6th of October, 1381 "
A hero's funerals
Sadat laid to rest uy Barry James
UPI Senior Editor
CAIRO, Egypt ( UPI) Anwar Sadat, a
hero of peace, was laid to rest Saturday be-neath
a monument to war in the desert he
loved, a martyr to his people but a traitor to
fellow Arab regimes
Leaders of the. Western world, among
them three former American presidents and
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin,
came to mourn the man who four years ago
in Jerusalem spoke the three words mat
changed the course of history in the Middle
East- - " No more war "
But because of their presence, Anwar Sa-dat
also went to his grave beneath the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier without the ordinary
people of Egypt, barred by heavy secunty
From the Arab world, which once relied on
Egypt to spearhead its wars against Israel,
only four leaders came
Twisting a handkerchief to her mouth and
crying quietly, Sadat's widow Jinan watched
the coffin being lowered into a niche beside
the pyramid- shape- d tomb, now etched with
an inscnption the 62- year-- old leader once
said he wanted on his grave " He lived for
peace and was martyred for principles."
" Lord, bestow your forgiveness on him
and us, Lord, give him a dwelling in your
great paradise," a sheikh intoned as heavy
slabs of marble were slid into place, sealing
the grave that was barely 400 feet ( 121 me-ters)
from the spot where Sadat was shot
and killed Tuesday by four Moslem extrem-ists
An honor guard fired three rifle volleys
while a military band played a dirge.
Their hands stretched outwards, Mrs Sa-dat
and her three daughters whispered the
Exordium, a prayer from the Koran A blaz-ing
desert sun beat down on the solemn
throng of 800 relatives-- -- and dignitaries,
among them former Presidents Jimmy Car-ter,
Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon.
Several members of the UJS. delegation
wore bullet- proo- f vests. It was not disclosed
which ones
Surrounded by a protective wall of thou-sands
of troops, the simple ceremony was a
stark contrast to the funeral for Sadat's pre-decessor
Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1970, when
millions poured into the street, abandoning
themselves to hystencal gnef
At one point Saturday, troops fired into the
air and rolled in tanks to prevent a crowd of
about 2,000 Egyptians from trying to join the
procession through Nasser City, a Cairo sub-urb
where modern and ancient Egypt meet
m a line of high- ris- e apartments standing out
starkly against the desert
From somewhere m the distance, a wom-an's
mournful wail proclaimed, " He was the
father of us all"
The funeral began with a simple, private
Related stories. Page 3A
prayer service for the famih at a mosque
near the hospital where Sadat's body had
lain since the assassination
The coffin draped n the red, white and
black Egyptian Pag was then taken by heli-copter
to the parade ground where Sadat
met his death as he stood to salute four men
he thought were rushing forward to honor,
not kill him.
There, looking insignificant against a
backdrop of endless desert, some of the
Western world's mightiest men waited in sol-emnity
to follow the gun carnage that re-ceived
the coffin for the 900- yar- d ( 810- mete- r)
procession to the tomb
Twenty- nin- e rows of soldiers, 10 abreast,
preceded the carnage drawn by six black
horses Five more soldiers followed, bearing
velvet pillows with Sadat's glistening med-als
Surrounded by troops and their own body
guards, the dignitaries followed, their ex-pressions
grim, their faces sweating in 90- de- gr- ee
heat In deference to Islamic tradition,
Mrs Sadat did not join the procession but
waited to meet it at the grandstand where
her husband was shot while reviewing a mili-tary
parade
Supported by her daughters, she received
the condolences of presidents and prune
ministers and kings and princes, leaders
who regarded Anwar Sadat not merely as an
equal but an inspiration
Slowly then they paid their respects, en-tered
then-- limousines and drove away Be-gin,
prohibited from dnving because of the
stnetures of the Jewish Sabbath, walked
back to his hotel near the funeral ate, sur-rounded
by some of the most nervous body-guards
mthe world.
Fonner Presidents Carter and Ford flew
home soon afterward, while Nixon stayed to
rest before leaving for Saudi Arabia Secre-tary
of State Alexander Haig remained for
talks with Begin and Sadat's successor,
President- designat- e Hosm Mubarak
Mrs. Sadat led the immediate family
across the wide parade avenue to the Un-known
Soldier's tomb, a modernistic pyr-amid
consisting of three pillars of concrete
meeting in a point 66 feet ( 19 8 meters)
above the ground
Walking erect with a pnde not unlike her
husband's, sne stretched out her hand to pat
her three sobbing daughters on the cheek
But at the gravesite she joined hands with
them and wept Her son Gamal helped lower
the coffin into the earth. The lnscnbed mar-ble
slabs were hoisted over its face
A 21- gu- n salute followed by three nfle
shots, fired one after the other, sent Anwar
Sadat to his final resting place.
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Aslicroft thinks Hancock lid
not as limiting as predicted
By Tom Cohen
State capital bureau
JEFFERSON CITY An opinion issued by Missou-- n
Attorney General John Ashcroft places the state's
tax lid more than $ 300 million higher than previously
expected.
The Hancock tax- hmitati- on amendment to the state
constitution, approved by Missoun voters last year.
pegs the growth of state tax collections to Missoun's
increase in total personal income.
The base year for the lid was fiscal 1981, which
ended June 30. Though state officials initially thought
the base included only taxes collected, Ashcroft's
opinion indicates the state's unspent budget surplus
should also be figured into the Hancock equation
That surplus was $ 428 million on July 1, 1930.
Without the surplus, the state's Division of Budget
and Planning had estimated tax collections this fiscal
year might approach the Hancock lid. Division Direc-tor
Alden Shields had indicated that tax refunds
might be necessary if collections surpassed the limit
Under Ashcroft's opinion, however, the lid will be
$ 311 million higher than projected tax collections,
Shields said
While removing the threat of tax refunds next year,
Ashcroft's opinion also removes one obstacle to Gen-eral
Assembly approval of a tax increase. Members
of legislative tax committees frequently have cited
the Hancock lid as an obstacle to a major tax in-crease.
But legislative leaders predict Ashcroft's opinion,
which would allow a $ 300 million tax increase, will
have little effect on legislation
The chairmen of legislative interim tax committees
in the House and Senate have said their committees
are not considering tax increases
Senate Committee Chairman Hardin Cox, D- Ro- ck
Port, Mo , said legislators don't want to levy more
taxes during an election year, and Missounans don't
want a tax increase anyway
House Committee co- Chainn- an Marvin Proffer, D- Jacks- on,
Mo , said his committee is looking at the en-tire
tax system in Missoun, from the taxes them-selves
to collection efficiency by the state. Proffer's
group is more concerned with tax reform, he said,
than with tax increases
If no tax increase is approved, the tax lid would not
be triggered, and Ashcroft's opinion would have no
impact
Also, if the Legislature should raise taxes on the ba-sis
of Ashcroft's opinion, there would almost certainly
be litigation challenging his interpretation Mel Han-cock,
author of the tax amendment, testified before
the House tax committee that he would sue anyone
who tned to circumvent or ignore the amendment
Since such a suit could not be filed until taxes were
collected, the state would run the risk of having to re-fund
millions of dollars if Ashcroft's interpretation 8
failed to stand up in court 8
Proffer noted that the opinion was the first attempt I
by anyone to officially define state revenue under the
Hancock amendment
" The definition needed to be clarified," Proffer
said, " and it was unclear who would come up with
state revenue figures "
Ray Schneider of the state Senate Research Staff
agreed that Ashcroft's ruling will help clarify the
Hancock limit 8
" This will help us in clarifying it," Schneider said I